Lhasa facts for kids
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Lhasa
Chengguan
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District
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城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས | |
![]() From upper left: roof of the Jokhang Temple; Norbulingka monastery main gate; Potala Palace; Wheel of Dharma and prayer wheels (bottom), Jokhang; satellite picture of Lhasa
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![]() Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow)
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
Government | |
• Type | District (China) |
Area | |
• District | 525 km2 (203 sq mi) |
• Urban | 77.88 km2 (30.07 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,656 m (11,995 ft) |
Population
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• District | 279,074 |
• Density | 531.6/km2 (1,377/sq mi) |
• Major Ethnic groups | Tibetan; Han; Hui |
• Languages | Tibetan Mandarin Jin language (Hohhot dialect) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code |
850000
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Area code(s) | 891 |
Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས།; Chinese: 拉萨) is a city in Tibet. It is one of the highest cities in the world. It has many Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Norbulingka.
Images for kids
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Lhasa's (western gate)- the Tibetans called this chorten, Pargo Kaling pictured here at the time of the 1904 British expedition to Tibet was destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the March 10th, 1959 Tibetan uprising and flight of the 14th Dalai Lama.
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